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The Maryland Board of Public Works has approved a wetlands license that requires the owner of the container ship Ever Forward containership to pay nearly $700,000 to help mitigate impacts...

The owner of the Ever Forward container ship, which ran aground in the Chesapeake Bay in March, will pay Maryland more than half a million dollars to enhance local oyster bars as a penalty for the accident.

The owner of the Ever Forward container ship, which ran aground in the Chesapeake Bay in March, will pay Maryland nearly $700,000 to enhance local oyster bars as a penalty for the accident, following a Wednesday morning vote from Maryland’s Board of Public Works.

The Maryland Board of Pilots, which licenses and regulates the pilots serving the Port of Baltimore, did not have a cellphone policy in March when the Ever Forward was grounded, nor has it adopted one since, but the topic will be considered soon, officials say.

The circumstances of last spring's grounding of the container ship Ever Forward has raised important questions about the role of marine pilots in guiding large vessels to and from the Port of Baltimore.

A Coast Guard investigation into the grounding in March of a cargo ship in the Chesapeake Bay faulted the pilot tasked with helping the ship navigate the...

A Coast Guard investigation into the grounding in March of a cargo ship in the Chesapeake Bay is faulting the pilot tasked with helping the ship navigate the waterway. In

How could someone trained to handle the journey in and out of the Port of Baltimore been distracted by his cellphone? That's a question still unanswered by 'pilot error' finding.

A Coast Guard investigation into the grounding in March of a cargo ship in the Chesapeake Bay faulted the pilot tasked with helping the ship navigate the

The U.S. Coast Guard cited the pilot’s failure to maintain situational awareness and attention while navigating, as well…